Anyone who runs a small business or manages a family budget knows you can’t spend more than you earn.

The same goes for Uncle Sam.

It’s clear that the current U.S. budget debt and deficit are completely unsustainable; they pose an existential crisis for our country and need to be immediately addressed.

The U.S. is facing a “death cycle” of growing interest costs eating up our national budget and crowding out available credit for small business. Families and businesses know what it’s like to be on the wrong side of exponentially growing interest costs. That never ends well, and our country is just about there. We need to act quickly to protect our country.

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